itonewbie, thank you for your answer.  Sorry it took ma a while to get back to you guys.  We're talking about non resident alien and US-ECI.  After reading your post, i contacted the previous preparer who FINALLY sent the 2017 Federal Carryover worksheet from his ProSeries software.  The amount appears on the Nonrecaptured net Section 1231 losses where it's tracked from 2016. So the answer to my question would be "No, I can't do that."  Only section 1231 gain would apply.